On ep. 140 Marco takes a deep dive with Jay Regalbuto. They nerd out on talking Jiu-Jitsu and we learn how Jay approaches his relationships with athletes. Jay discusses Nicky Rod, coaching vs teaching, and commentating. We dive into Jay&apos;s obsession with Jiu-Jitsu and studying film. Take a listen to an interesting conversation with one of Jiu-Jitsu&apos;s good guys. 

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Talking Sense w/ Jay Regalbuto

On episode 139, Marco, JB, and Tim talk about their pics for UFC 270 and recap the fights between Nganou and Gane as well as Moreno and Figueredo. They talk about Dana White not putting the belt around Fracis’ waist and what the future holds for Francis in or out of the UFC. We discuss another sex worker to UFC story, Craig jones and Nicky Rod losing at WNO and the post DDS success of the former members and we answer questions about the necessity of BJJ for mma, how to be more competitive at a hobbyist school and the deaths of Meatloaf, Louie Anderson, and some other guy.

Fourth Degree Black Belts

In today&apos;s episode (ep. 138), we take a break from our normal format and present to you an interview. Marco interviews Rick Migliarese. Rick is the co-owner of Balance Studios. Philadelphia&apos;s oldest and most successful Brazilian jiu-jitsu schools.Talking to Rick you realize how important his father was and continues to be to him. Even eight years after his father&apos;s death Rick still uses life lessons taught by his father. We talk about how every moment good or bad has made Rick who he is today, and he would not change any of it. We discuss chess, how the game’s decision process has helped Rick learn from failure, and how he applies that to training. Rick also advises you to not be the smartest or the toughest person in the room, this way you can always be learning.

Talking Sense w/ Rick Migliarese

On episode 137, Marco, JB, and Tim talk about their trip to try out a new banya and review of the experience. Marco skips a meal for once and talks about his journey into fasting. We discuss Jake Pauls ability to make people talk about him and we talk about Lex Fridmans latest podcast about Covid. We discuss the potential of Francis Ngannou boxing Tyson Fury. JBs brain cant handle the hypothetical situation so we answer some questions from listeners about the first fights we saw, is MMA the final frontier for martial arts, training journals, and the dumbest lies we believed as kids. Marco and JB discuss another unfortunate dining experience and Tim wins the UFC card war.

Why so much hate on Karate?

On episode 136, Marco, JB, and Tim talk about the new year and what they are looking forward to. We talk about the Fury grappling show, who impressed us, mma jiu jitsu vs pure jiu jitsu Sean Brady vs Craig jones, Grapplers moving to mma and mma fighters moving into grappling. We talk about Jake Paul vs Dana White and how Jake paul is a world class troll. We also talk about how far someone should be willing to go in order to achieve their dreams.

How far would you go to reach your goals?

On episode 135, Marco, JB, and Tim talk about their Christmas 2021 experiences. There were no big fights to discuss so we talk about food and gifts before getting into talking about the role of the “heel” in mma and who are some of the best heels in the game. We discuss the disqualification of Nicholas Meragali from the Absolute final of the world championships and we take a deep dive into a debate on who is the superior director between Martin Scorcese and Quentin Tarantino. 

Scorcese vs Tarantino: The brawl to end it all

On episode 134, Marco, JB, and Tim talk about Marco and JBs terrible dining experience and we review the big fights from the weekend at the UFC between Lewis and Daukus as well as Belal Muhamad and Steven Thompson. We also discuss Jake Pauls spectacular knockout of Tyron Woodley. We unpack cliched motivational quotes and discuss the shortcomings of our martial arts training. We answer questions about leg locks in mma, how to make new friends, how to handle beef between students in a school, Jiu Jitsu in the olympics, and cinnamon toast crunch.

Crapital Grill

On episode 133, Marco, JB, and Tim talk about Marcos new focus on self care and they recap the big fights from 269 between Cruz and Munoz, Nunes and Pena, and the lightweight title fight between Oliviera and Poirier. We talk about Dana white beating covid, how to prepare for your first competition, ibjjf worlds, the fall of Gabi Garcia, what makes the difference between a bjj world champion in mma and an mma world champions bjj, and we talk about what martial art is best for self defense between bjj, judo, and wrestling.

Timber...the fall of Gabi Garcia

On episode 132, Marco, JB, and Tim take a deep dive into breakfast cereals. We recap the UFC fight night card including Rafael Fizzivs spectacular knockout of Brad Riddel, and Jose Aldos tremendous performance in his win over Rob Font. We discuss internet sensation Dale and his DUST program, Ryron and Rener working with the cops, Dana White getting Covid, Warm ups for jiu jitsu class, how General Patton would execute a plan, Bone Thugs vs Three six Mafia and Marcos genetic ancestry.

Warm ups, Yes or No?

On episode 131 Tim returns to save the show from spiraling out of control without him.  He tells the harrowing tale of why he was absent last week and offers an apology to the listeners. This week, we discuss the recent Triad combat/Metallica concert from Triller. We talk about the good and bad of the event and what the future holds for this hybrid of MMA and Boxing. We also discuss the upset in boxing of Kambosos over Lopez and Tom Deblass’ new book. We answer questions from listeners about “The Gracie Conspiracy” as told by Superfoot Wallace. Best and worst presidents of all time, what martial art we would like to train in, PED use in fighting, and personal development through training jiu jitsu.

Presidential Royal Rumble and The Gracie Conspracy

Tim takes the day off due to some car issues. JB and Marco power through and make the most of Tim&apos;s misfortune. We recap the latest UFC fight night. The Ninja Rob crew of two discuss Sean Brady, the undefeated Philly UFC welterweight. The podcast goes into promotions, gi, no-gi, traditional, and virtual. And lastly, JB and Marco read a letter from broken-hearted purple belt. The purple belt&apos;s letter about quitting jiu-jitsu has 10 major points. We debate his assertions point by point. 

A broken hearted purple belt quits jiu-jitsu

On episode 129 Marco, Tim, tell JB about their day coaching at grappling industries and the big wins and losses from the event. They discuss dick moves at ADCC and our experiences with ringworm as well as harrowing self defense encounters. JB takes heat from a listener about his stance on aikido and we recap the Holloway vs Rodriguez fight from UFC Fight Night. We answer questions about who we enjoy rolling with, bad parenting, Tims long hair, and the best submissions in MMA history. We do all this and still have time to pat ourselves on the back for reaching the 45k downloads milestone.

As long as no one attacks you, you’ll be fine

On episode 128, Marco, Tim, and JB recap UFC 268 and review fights between Usman and Covington, Zhang and Namajunas, Gaethje and Chandler, and more. We also discuss the ADCC trials and talk about the standout competitors and results. We talk about what’s right and what&apos;s wrong with the adcc trials. We unpack motivational sayings, talk about the usefulness of submissions in MMA/Bjj and JBs tinder journey.

Are the ADCC trials broken?

On episode 127, Marco, Tim, and JB discuss breakfast, lunch, and dinner and they recap the fights from UFC 267 including Texiera vs Blachowicz and Yan vs Sandhagen. We give our predictions for UFC 268 fights between Covington and Usman as well as Zhiang vs Namajunas. We answer questions about when you should call someone you like, getting wrecked by everyone at open mat, how to cross train, the new Mikey Lock, american jiu jitsu, our first time competing, and UFC legend Steve Jennum.

Rookie Numbers

On episode 126 Jb, Marco, and Tim sit down at NJMA studios and discuss the UFC fight between Marvin Vettori and Paulo Costa and Fedor Emelianenkos knockout of Timothy Johnson. We answer some questions about how to stay motivated and not give up, do nogi guys need belt promotions, what kind of injury would we be willing to risk in the finals of a world championship competition, And we discuss how to choose between Kyokushin and Muay Thai training taking into account the risk of head trauma. We Unpack one of Bruce Lees silly philosophical quotes and we talk about our favorite live music performances we have seen and what we are having for dinner.

Is being a good sport important?

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